Kelly's Victory in Pictures

Slater who'd never beaten the young Brazilian in a man-on-man heat grabbed the young cur by the scruff of his neck and delivered a 8.33 and 9.83 double-tap in the opening half of the bout to put Medina on the ropes.

"It's about time I got him," Slater said. "He had my number in the back half of last year and he'll probably go on to beat everyone for the next 20 years. He can do it all and I think he proved that to a lot of people this week at Restaurants and out here at Cloudbreak."

"I think everyone who competes on tour is here to win," Slater said. "If you're winning events, then you're winning world titles. At this point in my career, I'm probably more focused on surfing well though. The waves just pumped today. Some guys win, some guys lose, but everyone is happy if the waves are good."

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Medina hadn't started the year at all well by his 2011 standards and this win was a much needed shot in the arm, rocketing him 16 places up the rankings to 13th, definitely lucky for some.

"I'm pretty happy with my result," Medina said. "The waves here have been so good all week and it has been a great trip. I haven't had the best season in terms of results but I'm very happy to make the Final and congrats to Kelly (Slater) - he was surfing amazing all event."

Mick Fanning made it to semis where he lost out to a resurgent Gabby Medina. He now tops the World Tour leaderboard, 1000 points ahead of Kelly Slater and Parko, which is probably why he's not too upset.

"Found myself on the wrong side of the rhythm this morning," Fanning said. "It's a bummer, but those heats happen. The rating lead is great, but it's so early in the season that it doesn't necessarily mean anything at this point. That said, I'm feeling good and feel like I'm surfing well so I'm pumped."